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Barbara Shifflett Morris, center, with supporters of her husband, Butch Morris, whose August 3 court appearance yielded no decision on whether he'll face a second trial for the murder of her first...

6 commentsBarbara and Butch Morris.
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After listening to five days of testimony and deliberating for 13 hours, the jury in the murder trial of Alvin Lee "Butch" Morris today remained evenly divided 6-...

2 commentsHad he not been gunned down in 1988, Roger Shifflett would have been 60 years old today. After a week of hearing testimony, the jury deciding if Alvin Lee "Butch" Morris is guilty of Shifflett's...

2 commentsPolice contend that a Salem Light cigarette butt links Morris to Shifflett's 1988 murder at the Southwind Grocery.
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On Thursday, July 9, the fourth day of the murder trial of Alvin Lee "...

0 commentsTwo DNA experts testified in the fourth day of the trial of Alvin Lee "Butch" Morris for the 1988 murder of Roger Lee Shifflett that DNA found on a Salem Light cigarette collected at the now-defunct...

1 commentsDetective Steve Huffman, now a pastor, read defendant Butch Morris his rights in 1988.
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Long before Alvin Lee "Butch" Morris was arrested 20 years after the murder of Roger Lee...

0 commentsDNA belonging to Butch Morris was found on a cigarette at the Southwind Grocery where Roger Shifflett was slain.
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At a pretrial hearing that stretched all day, the man...